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<blockquote data-quote="Black_6_Leader" data-source="post: 512762" data-attributes="member: 9413"><p><span style="color: #2e2e2e"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Had to noodle on this one for a while, as I am not aware of a “text book answer”</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #2e2e2e"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">A SLIC (Standard Location Identification Code) is a UPS activity, at a specific location. </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #2e2e2e"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">A UPS building (which also has a SLIC code assigned to it), may have one or more resident SLICS (Operations or administrative activities) assigned in it.</span></span></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="color: #2e2e2e"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">A UPS package center is a UPS operating SLIC with assigned geography (normally assigned by postal /ZIP Code) where center has exclusive responsibility for package pick-up and delivery operations in that territory.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #2e2e2e"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">A hub is generally a package sort operation which handles packages which are not picked up or delivered by SLICs resident in that building. A hub SLIC normally has the building SLIC in which it is assigned, with a sort identifier e.g. T= twi, N=night, S=sunrise D= day appended to it). </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #2e2e2e"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">L = Local sorts may build trailers which bypass normal intermediate hubs; but as all the volume they handle is their own, generally don't qualify as a hub sorts. </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #2e2e2e"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Just like P=preloads only handle volume for that building; they too are not a hub sorts.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #2e2e2e"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">I believe it is possible to have multi center buildings which are not hubs; just as there are single center buildings which also have hub sorts. </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #2e2e2e"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Also there is alot of legacy SLICS & sorts out there, so this is more general guidance (as in rule of thumb), then etched in stone. Things like peak season usage may also impact SLICS & sorts . . .</span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Black_6_Leader, post: 512762, member: 9413"] [COLOR=#2e2e2e][FONT=Verdana]Had to noodle on this one for a while, as I am not aware of a “text book answer”[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#2e2e2e][FONT=Verdana] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#2e2e2e][FONT=Verdana]A SLIC (Standard Location Identification Code) is a UPS activity, at a specific location. [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#2e2e2e][FONT=Verdana] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#2e2e2e][FONT=Verdana]A UPS building (which also has a SLIC code assigned to it), may have one or more resident SLICS (Operations or administrative activities) assigned in it.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#2e2e2e][FONT=Verdana] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#2e2e2e][FONT=Verdana][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#2e2e2e][FONT=Verdana]A UPS package center is a UPS operating SLIC with assigned geography (normally assigned by postal /ZIP Code) where center has exclusive responsibility for package pick-up and delivery operations in that territory.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#2e2e2e][FONT=Verdana] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#2e2e2e][FONT=Verdana]A hub is generally a package sort operation which handles packages which are not picked up or delivered by SLICs resident in that building. A hub SLIC normally has the building SLIC in which it is assigned, with a sort identifier e.g. T= twi, N=night, S=sunrise D= day appended to it). [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#2e2e2e][FONT=Verdana][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#2e2e2e][FONT=Verdana]L = Local sorts may build trailers which bypass normal intermediate hubs; but as all the volume they handle is their own, generally don't qualify as a hub sorts. [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#2e2e2e][FONT=Verdana][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#2e2e2e][FONT=Verdana]Just like P=preloads only handle volume for that building; they too are not a hub sorts.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#2e2e2e][FONT=Verdana][/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#2e2e2e][FONT=Verdana] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#2e2e2e][FONT=Verdana]I believe it is possible to have multi center buildings which are not hubs; just as there are single center buildings which also have hub sorts. [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#2e2e2e][FONT=Verdana][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#2e2e2e][FONT=Verdana]Also there is alot of legacy SLICS & sorts out there, so this is more general guidance (as in rule of thumb), then etched in stone. Things like peak season usage may also impact SLICS & sorts . . .[/FONT][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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